Exploring Whangarei Heads for Easter
Easter was looking like a bit of a washout with Cyclone Cook threatening to destroy all of our plans. Deemed “the worst weather event in 68 years” and with the Met Service berating Kiwis for not taking weather warnings seriously enough, we were determined to go away for Easter so we played it safe and booked a cabin rather than a camp spot in case the cyclone came to fruition. We had the tail end of Cyclone Debbie the week previously with pretty bad flooding and slips causing havoc, so we waited with baited breath for Cook to wreak his wrath. And waited. And waited…. Clouds but no cyclone cloud I got sent home early from work as a precautionary measure and took the opportunity to do some grocery shopping , tidy my room and head over to Birkenhead to climb with Morry – a journey that would normally take 40 minutes at 5.30pm took 19 due to everyone escaping earlier on in the day. Score! The cyclone came and went in the blink of an eye – there was a little smatter o